After the news that the new MacBook Airs do not ship with Flash pre-installed (which is news considering Flash has been part of Mac OS X for a very long time), we now have news that Apple is also taking what appears to be the first steps towards removing Apple's own Java runtime from Mac OS X.

I wonder what this means for os x server? I assume that was the primary reason apple was maintaining java for os x anyway, and that since they had to maintain it for the server they might as well ship it for the desktop. Could apple possibly be looking to kill off os x server in the future as well then?

I think they don't care one bit about their server version, because if you want a Unix-based server OS, there are many alternatives, and if you're taking the time to set up and maintain a server, there's not huge increase in effort in setting up the OS.

I think they don't care one bit about their server version, because if you want a Unix-based server OS, there are many alternatives, and if you're taking the time to set up and maintain a server, there's not huge increase in effort in setting up the OS.